Species Placement Anomaly

The Species Placement Anomaly was one of the three Celestial Anomalies that existed in the Galaxy, caused by the prehistoric activities of the Celestials; the other two anomalies being the Biochemical Anomaly and the Astrographical Anomaly.

The Species Placement Anomaly was primarily caused by the activities of the Celestials around 10 million years before the Galactic Republic, during the time of the Second Celestial Range. However, the later Celestial Empire may also have contributed. From around 10,000,000 BBY onwards, various Celestial populations took plants and animals, including some sentients, from planet to planet, often as livestock, pets, decoration or, occasionally, slaves. 500,000 years later, the Celestials disappeared once again, leaving the transported species to fend for itself on alien planets.

Millions of years later, researchers from the Galactic Republic and later governments noticed the bizarre phenomenon of genetically related animals and plants on worlds tens of thousands of light years apart, an oddity eventually attributed to the Celestials.